The crossword solution for the term 'SMALL CLUMPS' is 'TUFTS'. Tufts University is a private research university located in Medford and Somerville, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1852 as Tufts College by Christian Universalists who sought to open a nonsectarian institution of higher learning. Tufts is organized into ten schools, including two undergraduate programs and eight graduate divisions, on four campuses in Massachusetts and the French Alps.